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Sports: Loyalty vs. Rationality
In today's Boston Globe, Samuel Arbesman argues that being a hard-core fan is less rational than being a fair-weathered one. His rationale is rather involved, so I'm going to quote at length from the piece: To understand why fair-weather fandom makes more sense, we'll need to apply a bit of...
A Treatise on Fandom and the Rays
With the beginning of the season fast approaching, I’ve been finding myself being very reflective. A year ago today, our team was still considered a laughing stock by many – a .500 team at best with a strong farm system – and now, Dave Cameron has ranked our franchise as the...
Optimistically Defying Logic
"Quite simply captain, I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only logical action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at." -- Mr. Spock, Star Trek I am excited for today's game....
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